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Feminism
Margaret Walters
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Description for Feminism
Paperback. This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
How much have women's lives really changed? In the West women still come up against the 'glass ceiling' at work, most earning considerably less than their male counterparts. What are we to make of the now commonplace insistence that feminism deprives men of their rights and dignities? And how does one tackle the issue of female emancipation in different cultural and economic environments - in, for example, the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent, and Africa? This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation ... Read more
How much have women's lives really changed? In the West women still come up against the 'glass ceiling' at work, most earning considerably less than their male counterparts. What are we to make of the now commonplace insistence that feminism deprives men of their rights and dignities? And how does one tackle the issue of female emancipation in different cultural and economic environments - in, for example, the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent, and Africa? This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192805102
SKU
V9780192805102
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About Margaret Walters
Margaret Walters did a B.Litt at Oxford, went on to lecture in English at Reading University for 20 years, and is now a freelance writer and reviewer: she is currently working on a book entitled Femme Fatale for Cape, and she reviews for the TLS and the Sunday Times.
Reviews for Feminism
An enjoyable read.
Rosie Blau, FT Magazine
Rosie Blau, FT Magazine